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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Ljubljana's Smargroth practice black metal from the Slovenian capital since 2011. Over a decade from the Alpine capital, their Tolkien-derived name has channeled fantasy darkness into atmospheric compositions.
Viennese black metal project active since 2008, channeling raw aggression and dark atmospherics from the Austrian capital. Their work sits within the tradition of underground black metal, favoring intensity and atmosphere over polished production.
Smerte (Danish/Norwegian for "Pain") forge blackened gothic metal from Helsinki, blending the dark romanticism of gothic metal with black metal's atmospheric intensity. Formed in 2022, they bring Scandinavian-named anguish to the Finnish capital.
Smiertakryl emerged in 2024 from the Minsk underground, forging raw black metal steeped in Belarusian identity. Their stripped-back approach channels the cold fury of the second-wave tradition through a distinctly Eastern European perspective.
Smoke Dweller is an atmospheric black metal and ambient project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2017, fusing raw black metal textures with expansive ambient passages to create deeply immersive and desolate soundscapes.
Smolder Glow is a blackened death metal band from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2020, fusing the blast-beat ferocity and tremolo aggression of black metal with the blunt, guttural weight of death metal.
Smorzando weave black metal and ambient textures from Zurich, creating compositions that drift between harsh extremity and ethereal soundscapes. Active since 2008, their musical term name (meaning "dying away" in Italian) perfectly captures their approach of letting aggression dissolve into atmosphere.
Smother is a black metal and ambient project formed in 2023, merging the cold, tremolo-driven aggression of raw black metal with expansive ambient textures to produce a suffocating and atmospheric extreme metal sound.
Smrt is a black metal project from Georgia formed in 2022, taking its name from the Slavic word for "death" and channeling stark, uncompromising black metal with a raw and nihilistic sonic character.
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